The Pan Asian Boxing Association also known as PABA is an organisation for professional boxing in the

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nations. It was formed in 1995 and is headquartered in

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History

Since its inception in 1995 there have been over 800 sanctioned championship matches. Twenty two PABA champions have eventually been crowned as WBA world champions in their respective division, whilst PABA has assisted 37 PABA champions' challenge to the WBA world title. In March 2016, WBA voted at their annual convention to have WBA Oceania title to be the exclusive regional title for the Asia Pacific. Due to this, WBA discontinued their relationship with PABA. PABA created their own sanctioning body called the World Boxing Society. In 2018, PABA and their new sanctioning body WBS disbanded.

Members and affiliates

PABA have 31 Regular Member Nations and 11 Associate Member Nations.

Regular members

* Russian Federation Professional Boxing Federation * Kazakhstan Professional Boxing Federation * Kyrgyzstan Professional Boxing Federation * Mongolia Boxing Commission * Turkmenistan Professional Boxing Union * China Boxing Association *

Uzbekistan Boxing Federation Uzbekistan Boxing Federation ( uz, O`zbekiston Boks Federatsiyasi, russian: Федерация бокса Узбекистана) is the governing body of amateur Olympic-style boxing in Uzbekistan. It was founded on March 23, 1920. The Federatio ...

New Zealand Professional Boxing Association New Zealand Professional Boxing Association (NZPBA) is one of the four governing bodies for the sport of professional boxing in New Zealand. NZPBA is a non-profit organisation. History The Body was founded as South Pacific Boxing Association, wi ...

* New Zealand National Boxing Federation * Tajikistan Professional Boxing Federation * Thailand Boxing Commission * Indonesia Board of Supervisory & Control for Professional Sports *

Australian National Boxing Federation Australian National Boxing Federation (ANBF) is the governing body for the sport of professional boxing in Australia. History The body was founded in 1965 as the Australian Boxing Federation. In 1980s, the body took its current name of Austral ...

* Nepal Professional Boxing Commission * Belarusian Professional Boxing Association * Ukraine Professional Boxing League * New Caledonia Boxing League * Philippines Game and Amusements Board * Tahiti (France) Polinesian Boxing Federation * Fiji Boxing Association * Moldova Boxing Federation * DPR (Democratic People's Republic) of Korea Pro Boxing Association * Tonga Boxing Association * Papua New Guinea Boxing Association * Samoa Boxing Association * Armenia Professional Boxing Federation *

Indian Professional Boxing Association The Indian Professional Boxing Association ( hi, भारतीय पेशेवर मुक्केबाजी संघ) is a National Governing Body for Professional Boxing in India, which sanctions professional boxing matches and awar ...

* Macau Boxing Association * Dutch (Netherlands) Professional Boxing Federation * Korea Boxing Commission * Romania Professional Boxing Council * Czech Republic Professional Boxing Federation

Associate members

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* Professional boxing organizations Sports organizations established in 1995 Boxing in Asia Boxing in Oceania Organizations based in Seoul {{boxing-stub